In 1994, a group of art students began building early websites with the primitive tools of the day, LucidCircus quickly evolved into a full-service design agency by 1998. The company survived the dot-com crash by pivoting to a fully remote model and landing major contracts with tech giants like AOL and Netscape. After decades of staying at the forefront of the industry, they now offer a comprehensive, start-to-finish process for architecting, designing, building, and marketing digital concepts.
Back in 2002, Lee Alan Kulberda officially joined the Lucid Circus family, bringing an innovative mix of technical know-how and creative energy. What started as pitching in with on-demand development and design quickly turned into Lee leading the charge on some really cool projects. From building data-heavy web and mobile apps that are actually easy to use, to creating custom e-learning platforms and content management systems for non-profits, Lee has done it all. With a total knack for managing projects and keeping everyone on the same page, Lee became a huge part of how we deliver top-notch digital experiences!
Lee's digital roots go way back before the Lucid Circus days. Back in the 90s, Lee was actually spearheading the digital transformation over at CIGNA Corp., taking their traditional design team into the modern digital age and even building out their very first corporate intranet. From there, Lee stepped up as Managing Partner at LowSun Design Group, diving deep into the nerdy (but essential!) stuff like database architecture and data integration to make sure web apps actually made businesses run smoother — all while managing client relationships with a smile.
That entrepreneurial bug didn't stop there. Right around the time Lee started teaming up with us, they also founded and scaled Rebarmedia, a digital agency that tackled heavy-hitting, complex software solutions for the financial and healthcare sectors. Whether it was engineering custom internal tools to keep remote teams totally synced up or balancing big-picture strategy with hands-on coding, Lee has always been about building things that work beautifully under the hood and look great doing it.